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Full time

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Description:

**POSITION PURPOSE:** The Integrated School-Based Therapist provides psychotherapy for clients **primarily** within the school setting, and to a lesser extent the office setting. The role requires the clinician to be highly independent, comfortable, and confident working with individuals and their families exhibiting mental health symptoms, as well as collaborating with the school. The Integrated School-Based Therapist will assess clients, determine a course of treatment, and implement the treatment plans for clients while providing clinical interventions and resources. Additionally, as a professional integrated within the school, the Integrated School-Based Therapist will provide crisis intervention, assist with parent engagement, attend PTA and/or SAP meetings, and provide classroom observation/consultation to assist educators with resolving behavioral health challenges. The therapist will create and host trainings on behavioral health topics to enhance educator knowledge. This role requires close collaboration with families, treatment providers, and educational organizations to achieve client goal progress.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

+ Provide psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and clinical interventions for clients and parents/guardians when applicable

+ Complete biopsychosocial assessments to determine client’s strengths, needs, and diagnosis

+ Complete documentation within the electronic health record in congruence with organizational policies and regulatory requirements

+ Engage with parents/guardians/schools to strategize methods of supporting client goal progress and wellbeing

+ Collaborate with members of the treatment team, school partners, community members, and third-party providers, including providing trainings to educators to enhance their behavioral health knowledge

+ Attend and participate in clinical, administrative, and community partner meetings, including parent teacher meetings.

MINIMUM QUALILFICATIONS:

+ Master’s in Human Services and 1 year of care delivery experience. Graduate degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in a generally recognized clinical discipline in which the degree program includes a clinical practicum

+ Pre-Employment Drug Screen

+ Access to reliable transportation

+ Act 33 – Child Abuse History Clearance

+ Act 34 – Criminal Record Check

+ Act 114 – FBI Fingerprint Criminal Background Check

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS:

**Work Schedule:** This is a exempt (salaried) position. Full-time. Primarily Monday through Friday, primarily day-time with one evening, depending on population needs.

**Comprehensive** **Benefit Package starts Day 1 of employment:** 403B with employer match; Paid Time Off (PTO); Medical, Dental, Vision; Life Insurance; Paid Holiday Days; plus more………

ABOUT PITTSBURGH MERCY

We’re a health and human services organization serving the community using person-centered care to treat our area’s most vulnerable populations. We work with those we serve and their families to provide care that strives for a welcoming and safe environment for them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care. Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help – and hope – to people who are experiencing: Mental health and substance use disorders; Physical health needs; Intellectual disabilities; Traumatic events or circumstances, including homelessness + abuse.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran